I told myself I would read just a few chapters and I ended up reading 30% more than I agreed upon myself. That’s CRAZY, this book is surpassing my expectations by miles. Maybe it’s because Im reading the ebook but the weight of the plot is really hitting me now. Im only just half way through this book and still I cant predict where it might lead. So far so good. I have high expectations now.

I read one of Ava Reid’s books before (The Wolf and the Woodsman) and tbh I was disappointed greatly by the ending, considering how interesting the concept was for the story. It wasnt my cup of tea, and it deterred me from reading more of her works. This is changing that. Hope Im not putting my foot in my mouth and that this first installment in the series has an ending that keeps me hooked enough to want to read the rest of it. Fingers crossed!

Great world building so far, and I like the customs she set in this story. I find it very unique how each house has a purpose of their own in funerals. Incredibly interesting, I look forward to how this will turn out

Started off with an interesting premise to be honest but devolved into, at least for me, a quite bland ending? Like it felt very hollow to me in a sense that after everything that happened, there wasnt much of a sense of reward looking at the characters in the end.

A lot of the prose was well written and quite interesting to be honest and I was always so curious about Abitha, but I didn’t feel much at the peak of everything happening. It wasn’t a terrible book, and I walked into it blind, so I had no expectations at all, and somehow it wasn’t all that I’d hoped it would be as I read through it. Bit of a meh ending, though I understand a lot of people enjoyed it, and I respect that, I unfortunately cannot share the same sentiments. I don’t regret reading it though, it was interesting to read about Paganism in this sense too!

I started this book on March 30 and I was already kind of in a reading slump in general. No idea what the book was about btw just went in blind.

Today, at 1 am I decided “let me finish this book so I can read this random series I’ve been curious about”

It is 4 am. I am sobbing. My dumbass inhaled this book and I am sobbing at 4am.

10/10 read, it’s better when you go in blind but god DAMN 😭